February 26, 2011

Meade wielded the Flip camera and I edited this. I also appear now and then as the blonde-haired photographer in the black coat, walking against the direction of the marchers. We begin with some women dressed as vegetables:

Other highlights:

1:01 — a man yawns.
1:10 — the WTF sign.
1:28 — doggie.
1:38 — "HITLER STALIN WALKER."
3:22 — "In the old days, we knew how to deal with peasants!... Burn you like marshmallows!"
4:18 — squirrel costume.
4:32 — "Is Cat Stevens here?"
5:05 — "That's Peter Yarrow."
5:32 — Toilet paper on the "Forward!" statue.
5:52 — The "Yin/Yang" sign.
6:27 — I get in the way of 2 ladies who are trying to take a picture of 3 guys in "Star Wars" costumes. Since they don't have a wide-angle lens, they need to stand way back, and feel entitled to a big stretch of empty sidewalk.
7:10 — "I've been fingered as a Walker supporter because I walked in front of her picture of the 'Star Wars' characters!"
7:41 — A woman dressed as the Statue of Liberty has duct tape on her mouth. Not on the video: I say to Meade, "I'd ask her why she has tape on her mouth, but she has tape on her mouth," and Meade says, "And if she didn't have tape on her mouth, and you asked her why don't you have tape on your mouth, she would remain silent."
8:00 — big Teamsters truck.
8:33 — Meade talks to the women with the "Obama, Where R U?" sign (which was the only reference to Obama we noticed today).
9:00 — Finally, a giant puppet!
9:12 — Meade gets a look into the soul of the puppet.

Sixty Grit, Statutory rape was his crime. Less than a year after he married the niece of Eugene "Clean Gene" McCarthy.

Imagine the outcry in major media and the lefty blogosphere if the Tea Party invited to sing at one of their rallies someone who had committed and was convicted of the statutory rape of a 14 year-old and got a light sentence of 3 months because he had friends in high places who used their influence on his behalf.

"Imagine the outcry in major media and the lefty blogosphere if the Tea Party invited to sing at one of their rallies someone who had committed and was convicted of the statutory rape[...]"

Isn't that an enormous incentive to become/pretend a leftist if you are a public figure? If you are left-leaning and do something awful, you'll have a second chance. If you are a conservative, you'll hear cries of hypocrisy until the day you die.

The protestors are rather sad. Those folks in union tee shirts don't realize that the welfare state is dying and their jobs are going too. They have no place to go. If Wisconsin has gone red, what is left ?

Cuba ?

Even my leftist daughter, who visited about ten years ago and who is fluent in Spanish, realized it is a prison. It took her two days. I suspect that Michael Moore and Oliver Stone are not.

I received this email tonight from a young, college-aged person who prefers to not comment on blogs: "Did you see her blog today? Amazing videos! She should get a pulitzer for her coverage of this thing!"

The protestors are rather sad. Those folks in union tee shirts don't realize that the welfare state is dying and their jobs are going too. They have no place to go. If Wisconsin has gone red, what is left ?

Somewhat rude to refer to Althouse this way. Though I understand the anger you have towards state workers. She's been benefitting rather well from the results of being a state worker. A pension she hasn't had to contribute one cent towards.

Your anger should be directed at the fiscally irresponsible managers who have allowed this to happen over the years,whichever party was running the government at that time.

And Ann, if you check my link above you'll see the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel linked with a protest sign pictured, "WALKER = POLITICAL THUGARY!" Strange how they'd feature that one. The editors ignore the dumb fleebagger signs: "A throng of protesters surrounds the "Forward" statue at the Capitol. The statue has been blindfolded and has a 'For Sale' sign hanging around its neck."

As reported at the time, the girl and her 17-year-old sister went to Yarrow's hotel room seeking an autograph. Yarrow answered the door naked and made sexual advances that stopped short of intercourse. The 14-year-old resisted his advances but did not call for help. Yarrow served three months of a one- to three-year prison sentence and was pardoned by Carter in 1981.

The singer has acknowledged the incident as "the most terrible mistake I have ever made."

The protestors are rather sad. Those folks in union tee shirts don't realize that the welfare state is dying and their jobs are going too. They have no place to go. If Wisconsin has gone red, what is left ?

Somewhat rude to refer to Althouse this way. Though I understand the anger you have towards state workers. She's been benefitting rather well from the results of being a state worker. A pension she hasn't had to contribute one cent towards.

Your anger should be directed at the fiscally irresponsible managers who have allowed this to happen over the years,whichever party was running the government at that time.

You mean the Demos and the Lefty union bosses? That goes without saying.

Oh, well, he thinks he's being cute.

shiloh said...

The Whitehouse is white.

Left off your inane attempted sarcasm list the White House and U.S. Capitol were built by African/American slaves ...

Again, why is it almost always conservatives who bring up race at winger blogs, masqued in the form of disingenuous sarcasm.

Rhetorical question.

Stupid attempt at misdirection is more like it.

For the past year, the Lefties have been belching snark about how white the Tea Partiers are (untrue, BTW), but take a look at the Lefty power structure and what does one find?

The hogging of the sidewalk; the not having a fish eye lens; the outrage of watching a woman dare to look at signs as if they are in a museum; the wreath knowledge questioning; the fans seriously or humorously equating the husband to Jesus; the standing in the middle of an oncoming march.

I'm sensing increasing impatience and frustration which is understandable.

The Lumpen Proletariat. How sad it is that this is not being settled as reasonable human beings.

The tax base is being destroyed. Small Business is out of business. People are losing their homes because they cannot afford the property tax. The lights are dimming in Wisconsin. It will be pushed to economic/societal collapse. IF they are unhappy now, wait for default and austerity.

Once again, the lovely folks from the Dem/Union apparatus are putting their best forward. Gateway Pundit has a new video of one member of Obama's base explaining to a teenage conservative how he would like to tea-bag him. Charming people.

I suppose we should look at the bright side. The "Hitler-Stalin-Walker" Would seem at least to recognize that Hitler and Stalin were both pretty much two peas in a pod.

Both were socialists with more or less the same ideological beliefs.

Both were world class, industrial strength, mass murderers. OTOH, Hitler with his 12 million was a piker compared to Stalin and both pale in comparison to Mao. (Assuming that we can quantify morality, which I don't really think we can. They were morally equivalent, IMHO)

Both brought ruin to their respective countries.

So, while it is certainly factually and morally wrong to compare Walker to either of them, at least the sign painter is realizing that Stalin deserves opprobrium too.

Reminds me of a political mardi gras. Despite having valid points, the unions stronger arguments are being lost by those who want to have a street festival. It's a parody, like they're mocking themselves.

They have their own internal polls that tell them it wouldn't be politically prudent.

Does AA allow you to have an original thought ~ just wonderin'

Actually Young, Springsteen et al would just be a distraction and AA and her tag along would be makin' a spectacle of themselves regardless lol, so no, celebrities are definitely not needed for the story to have legs, eh.

Blind faith in your leaders, or in anything, will get you killed. ~ Bruce Springsteen

"Actually Young, Springsteen et al [sic] would just be a distraction and AA and her tag along would be makin' a spectacle of themselves regardless lol, so no, celebrities are definitely not needed for the story to have legs, eh." (- followed my an embarrassingly vain and vapid quote by Bruce Springsteen.)

The video of the parade shows a fair number of overweight white men with white beards who could easily pick up Christmas work playing Santa Claus over the holidays. The protesters seem like decent enough people. In real life, does anyone really like or dislike someone based on their positions on balanced budgets and civil service measures?.....I would recommend that one of the men who look like Santa Claus douse himself with kerosene and set himself on fire. That would be effective street theater and demonstrate the fierce moral urgency of the need to maintain collective bargaining rights in Wisconsin.

This is all quite fascinating. Thanks so much for your efforts. I suspect you'd be doing some cross country skiing if the protests weren't going on. At least, you're still getting outdoor time and exercise.

Ann, since ths comment is soo far down you may not see it. But, I must give you a hearty "that 'a girl" for your intrepid reporting. Thank goodness for Meade, as well. Really, you are doing the job the "journalists" should be doing. You are the go-to blog for this. Many links around the blogosphere.Anyway. Thanks!!!